Fascinating feeding advice for fussy eaters

Last week I was invited to a webinar offered to those working in areas around childhood feeding. It was hosted by experts in both fussy eating and feeding, and although it was primarily about first foods for babies there was a lot of other gold too!

I’d love to share some of the information that was discussed as I feel it’s great information. Even if you have moved well beyond the baby stage there are some interesting observations that may be helpful.

This is also part of a general awareness that may help to prevent fussy eating so I’d love for us to be more informed so we can better help friends and family (and those future grandchildren 😉).

What we taste and why

Expectations

One of the speakers used orange juice to explain a little more about taste buds. There are some good learnings in this, and I will also add my own spin!

When we look at a glass of orange juice we assume it’s sweet. Why? Because prior experience tells us it will be. We have expectations about food/drinks when we approach them. These thoughts can have a significant impact on how we will find that food/drink.

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